False report of gunman locks down Parsippany schools

Police chief: 'no one was ever in actual danger'

11:50 AM,
Feb. 12, 2014

Parsippany police are parked in front of Brooklawn Middle School Tuesday morning after a reported threat prompted a lockdown there as well as nearby Parsippany Hills High School, Littleton elementary School and Parsippany Baptist Community Church and School.

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A late-morning lockdown at four Parsippany schools ended just before noon after it was determined a reported threat to Brooklawn Middle School turned out to be false.

Police Chief Paul Philipps, on the scene at Brooklawn, said police received a call from Brooklawn "that led us to believe students at Brooklawn might be in danger."

Police later issued a press release stating that at approximately 10:30 a.m., officials at Brooklawn received a report of a man wearing a tan jacket and blue jeans carrying an assault rifle on school grounds. ...